Combined whip and cane



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L. C. SELTZBR. GOMBINED WHIP AND GANE.

No. 256,061. Patented Apr. 4,1882.

WITNBSSBS: I INVENTOR:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS C. SELTZER, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMBINED WHIP AND CANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,061, dated April 4, 1882.

Application tiled August 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, LOUIS C. SEL'rZER, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a. new and Improved Combined Whip and Cane, of which the following is a specification.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a whip which can be Convertedinto a cane, so that it can be carried more conveniently when not in use as a whip.

The invention consists in a hollow tapering whip stock or handle provided at its thinner end with a screw-ferrule and adapted to contain the whip tip and lash, the whip-tip being provided at its lower end with a screw-ferrule and an elastic button. Vhen the whip is to be used as such the ferruleof the tip is screwed into the ferrule ofthe stock, the stock and tip forming a continuous tapering rod. If the whip is to be adjusted as a cane, the tip and lash are passed intothe hollow stock in such a manner that the lower end of the tip projects from the thinner end of the stock.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a longitudinal elevation of my improved whip and cane, showing it adjusted as a whip. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal elevation of the same, showing it adjusted as a cane. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation ofthe hollow whip-stock. Fig. et is'a longitudinal elevation ot' the whip tip and lash.

The whip-stock A, which is about the length of an ordinary walking-cane, is made tapering and hollow, or with a longitudinal aperture -about three-eighths ot' an inch in diameter, extending upward through the stock from the small end, which is provided with a fixed threaded sleeve or ferrule, B, of any suitable metal. The tapering tip C, to the upper end ot' which the lash D is fastened, is provided at its lower end with a screw-ferrule, E, fitting exactly in the ferrule B of the whip stock or handle A. This screw-ferrule E is provided with a rubber or elastic button, F, projecting from its outer end.

The whip-stock can be made of metal covered with webbing, or it can be made of papier-mache or any other suitable material. The tip C is to be made of cane, whalebone, 85e., in the ordinary manner.

The operation is as follows It' the combined cane and whip is to be used as a whip, the ferrule E is passed and screwed into the ferrulc B in such a manner that the tip C will project from the upper end ot the stockthat is to say, the stock and tip will form one continuous tapering rod, to the upper end of which the lash is fastened.

IE the combined cane and whip is to be used as a cane, the stock and tip are separated by unscrewing the ferrule E from the ferrule B, and the tip C is then passed into the stock A, the thin end foremost, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The ferrule E is then again screwed into the ferrule B, the lower end of the ferrule E provided wit-h the elastic button F projecting from the ferrule B. In using this combined cane and whip as a cane the elastic button Fonlycomesin contaet'with the ground and protects the edge of the ferrule E.

As whips left in carriages and wagons are very apt to be stolen as soon as the driver. leaves the vehicle unguarded, and as it is very inconvenient to carry an ordinary whip, I have provided the within-described combined whip and cane to facilitate carrying the whip along conveniently.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to make the whip-stock in the form of a hollow cane into which the lash portion is inserted and secured; but

WhatIclaim as new and of myinvention is- A combined whip and cane consisting of the hollow stock A and tip O, the latter provided on its larger end with a ferrule, E, externally threaded to screw into a ferrule, B, of the stock, whether said tip is jointed to the stock to form a whip or placed in a reverse position in the stock to form a cane, as shown and described, whereby the use of detachable plugs, caps, or ferrnles is rendered unnecessary.

LoUIs CLARK sELfrzER. 

